Westinghouse WHIC02K Twin Induction Cooktop
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Poor quality of product. ‘Overheats’ with error E5 on left hob constantly at even 800w and the ceramic plate itself is nowhere near hot. Using all good quality induction cookware. Must be an overly sensitive safety cutoff. Contacted Westinghouse who seemed disinterested. Returned to store for a refund. Purchased an ikea portable hob and have had… Read more
no issues which confirmed for me that it wasn’t anything I was doing wrong.
Also, despite the brand name being Westinghouse, this is imported by a distribution company and is not all that closely related to Australian made Westinghouse products. It’s basically a rebranded generic product which is reflected in its poor quality and performance.
As others have stated, this cooktop seems to have design flaws - and in my case also problems with quality of the build and poor response from Westinghouse. I purchased this in Feb 2023 for a holiday house and after 9 months the right hand side stopped working - it just did not turn on when the on/off control was turned on. Given the unit had… Read more
hardly been used, I assumed there must have been some sort of power fluctuation which cause a fuse to blow (or whatever is the equivalent these days). So I returned it to the store and asked for the fault to be investigated as it was under warranty. The store contacted Westinghouse and heard no response, so after 6 weeks they gave me a replacement and said they would just deal with Westinghouse themselves. I received the replacement in December 2023 but then in February 2025 the exact same thing happened - the right hand side just did not turn on when the on/off control was switched on. Again we had hardly used the unit and we have had no known power fluctuations (and no other devices impacted).
I suggest only buying this if you can also get an extended warranty.
'Switch off at the wall for safety when not in use' - Westinghouse – It works fine, like others mention the induction zone is the same for both and small. My biggest problem is that it has to be turned off when not in use but doesn't have an on-off switch. If you don't switch it off at the wall it can overheat even when turned off on the appliance. So you'll be sitting in the living room and the stove will start… Read more
up. Just confirmed on a call from Westinghouse. It's really noisy. It doesn't make induction whining noise like my Ikea one, but they've used a noisy fan. They did that in the early days of desktop computers too, to save a few dollars. I also think having the big W logos on rings is super daggy. I also think the operation is clunky. It's notoriously difficult to design stovetops but one button for off standby, another to select the ring and a third for the power level. Could be one touch. I'd also make the stove less deep and put the controls on the front. Many of us will use this type of appliance in a small kitchen in a unit and having the bench space in front was better with the Ikea one.
Good for the price but far from flawless – I've used this device for well over a year, and I have used it a lot, and can confidently say it was a good purchase. As someone pointed out the small area inside the larger circle is the induction zone. That's not very big and is pretty deceptive. Any pan above 28cm it will struggle with in my experience. If you take a pan off it beeps and… Read more
yells at you as if I wouldn't have noticed a large metal pan falling off.
I've never had trouble with it over heating though, never had trouble with it heating up anything that is induction compatible, or trouble heating up an empty pan.
I recommend trying to find a top with physical buttons as while the touch ones are easy to clean if something spills the buttons can easily be triggered and in a few cases just some drop of water can hit the plus and minus button which activates the child lock. The child lock will not unlock unless you turn the device on and off again, which isn't meant to be the case, but is with my device.
Fantastic cooktop. Can’t fault it – Earlier this year (2023), hubby and I made the decision to purchase the Westinghouse Portable Twin Induction Cooktop (Model No. WHIC02K) due to 3 very particular reasons. Primarily, it was for health reasons with us wanting to move away from having gas appliances which we felt was having a negative impact on our overall health, especially in our… Read more
latter 60+ years. It was a decision that was also in keeping with the government’s initiatives and incentives to replace natural gas appliances and fittings with electric ones.
We’ve always tried to stay ahead of the curve and we already realised that in these changing times, there’s a general understanding that these days, we’re working towards an electrified future & that the benefits of doing so, cannot be ignored.
We also knew our old natural gas stove was literally on its last legs, and that we fully intend to completely overhaul & renovate our old & very much ancient, tired existing kitchen to an entire new state of the art modem kitchen in the not too distant future. We needed something that was “temporary” to fulfill the cooking tasks in the meantime.
Therefore, we decided to dump the old gas stove and welcome IN a new Westinghouse Portable Twin Induction Cooktop.
It’s, without a doubt one of the best decisions we’ve ever made. I was initially worried that only only 2 burners wasn’t going to be enough for our everyday cooking, but, as it turns out, for us, (which is only the 2 of us) it’s never been an issue & we rarely use more than 2 burners at the same time anyway.
We absolutely love, love love this cooktop.
The advantages of this product are endless. Firstly, induction cooking is definitely the “here & now” way to cook. I’ve grown to love induction with its much more precise & super responsive control of heat with more temperature increments & better performances even at very low heat settings. When cooking, the Induction cooktop uses electromagnetism to effectively cut out the middleman & heat the cookware itself. The result is more evenly heated food & importantly, a cooler cooktop.
To the product itself, it’s ceramic face plate with dual cooking zones that have a really effective induction perimeter ring allows you to not only know exactly where”where” to place your cookware, but also obviously to cook dual dishes at the same time with minimal hassle and at different temperature settings. It’s honestly precision cooking at its best.
It’s a convenient, user-friendly design, super quick & easy to set up & go, with literally just plug in. It comes with an 1.5m cord to easily reach most power outlets. It’s a breeze to operate, even for old novices like us. The temperature settings can be easily increased or decreased from 60 degrees up to 240 degrees Celsius depending on your food’s cooking requirements & everything operates at the touch of a button. It displays the current temperature setting on its built-in LED display screen for easy monitoring. It’s a housewive’s dream to clean as it’s so smooth & durable, it literally takes no more than a quick wipe down to clean. Heaven !!
The other great thing about this Westinghouse Portable Twin Induction Cooktop is its super slim design. It’s slim & attractive 4cm design makes it blend seamlessly on our kitchen countertop but would also make it easy to store when not in use, not that we do that. And , .. it’s very quiet, and makes very little noise. The portability of this product also makes it ideal to travel with if necessary. Another little feature it has which I really love & think is soooo clever, is that after you’re finished cooking & have removed your cookware from plates, it automatically quickly turns it fan for just a few on to cool it down.
It has a built-in timer up to 180 minutes, as well as a child lock function which is one of its safety features that helps prevent young users from changing its settings as well as an auto-off feature which allows the unit to automatically switch off after a period of inactivity of up to 2 hours.
It weighs approximately 6kg and comes with a manufacturers warranty of 12 months.
Make no mistake, this product is not meant for a commercial kitchen, but for an easy, quick, portable induction cooktop that does the job, & does it extremely well, it’s absolutely fantastic. There’s nothing about this product that I can fault in any way and I 100% recommend it for the purpose it’s intended for.
We paid $200 for this product & it’s worth every penny.
Not working after 2 months – The cooker worked well for about 2 months then started short circuiting and shutting down the power in the house. I called the company I bought it from and they passed the message on to Westinghouse that I needed a service call, but no response from Westinghouse after 1 month. I tried to book a service call on Westinghouse's online site but… Read more
received the information that the model (WHIC02K) did not exist! Very tedious as we live in a regional area!
[EDIT: April 2025. Less than two years of use and it died!! Was 3/5 now 2/5 for it's poor life expectancy! A few weeks ago, the right side element failed. Which is odd because I'd probably use the stronger left side 80% more. Fortunately I'd purchased the extended care thingy at Harvey Norman. Double fortunately, the extended care thingy meant… Read more
that I didn't have to suffer getting the same device again!! You get store credit for anything you like. Harvey Norman *possibly* were aware of the faultiness of the product as when I lodged the claim online, it said the device would need to be assessed etc for the claim to be successful. But in-store, they just gave me the credit immediately on return of the product. So yeah, make sure you get an extended care thingy... At least you'll have a minimum three years of use guaranteed and/or money back. I have since purchased the Anvil 15A Induction cooker - see my review. It does have weird functionality too eg beeping at you for removing the pot and required a new 15A line installation... but the extra oomph of 1700/1800W and solid construction are worth it].
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Based on about 2 months of use.
Firstly, it does the job well enough. By job, I mean my cooking style which is pretty much pasta, rice, curry, hot chocolate, chai. All vegan stuff!! No frying.... I'll leave that to the professionals.
The device looks good and it's easy to clean.
Things do heat up super fast too.
Now for the irritating things… Roughly in order from most to least annoying.
1. When using both elements. Taking one pot off means that it beeps a warning for one minute. So you can put up with the beeping, or hit the off button… then turn on again… then reset the temp. THERE IS NO WAY TO TURN A SINGLE ELEMENT OFF. Can get noisy if cooking with two pots that need to be removed frequently. Even for one pot cooking, you've gotta remember to hit "off" prior to removing pot, otherwise you'll have to put up with the error beeping.
2. The small inner circle with the "W" logo is the induction zone, not the outer circle… Very deceptive design as there doesn't seem to be a purpose to the outer ring (no mention in instructions). SO IT'S ONLY 11CM INDUCTION ZONE. Not so great for bigger pots and probably would suck when frying. ***EDIT*** Oh yeah, seems the outer circle is a guide to ensure the pot is centred.
3. Given the small heat zone, this can cause a.... I dunno.... a lava effect(???). Basically the middle of the surface of the pot contents boils up in a central fountain. Rather than more even bubbling with gas or electric. This can lead to a bit of a splattering effect if you're not paying attention. Hope I've explained that well enough!!
4. When cleaning, you can easily activate the "on/off" button accidentally and other buttons, then it start revving and beeping at you. Yes, it's possible to switch off at the wall, but then it sometimes starts revving again when switched back on if you've cooked recently.
5. The timer is a handy function, but say you wanna cook something for 30 minutes, you've gotta hit the "+" button 30 times. Also once the timer is set, it can't be edited, you need to start again… The display alternates between "temp" and "time", so you have to wait for "time" to show up before you can turn the timer off… Or just hit "off" and start again.
6. Confusing temp/power design… Both plates have temp ranges of 60 to 240. But one is 1000W and one is 1400W. 240 on the 1400W side seems hotter. There's nothing in the instructions to explain what the difference is.
7. There's no earth lead on the device. Not sure if that's a big deal, but I'd probably prefer one, even if it's a placebo to make me feel less likely to get zapped.
8. Sometimes the fan starts spontaneously revving 10 minutes after all the cooking's done... can't it just decide whether to cool down right after cooking?
9. Always shows "off" in LED which can be irritating if you live in a studio apartment and don't like things glowing when you sleep. Yes, it's possible to turn it off at the wall, but then it does a revving thing when switched back on again.
10. Some fan noise… I'm not *too* bothered by it, but I'm not familiar with other induction cooktops to compare. ***EDIT*** After about 4 months of use, it now occasionally revs like it's a blender or power-sander or something. Really irritating. No logic for this, sometimes only when cooking for a few minutes.
11. If pot is removed, then EO (no pot detected) error message ends after one minute, the temp reverts to the default max, not the prior temp.
12. Has "power" button and "on/off" button which is a bit counterintuitive until you get used to it.
So yeah, it's irritating, but I've gotten used to most of the device's weird functionality. But if you don't like weirdness, don't buy it ;)
It’s just ok – We bought this to use instead of our gas cooktop to try save money. It’s my first time using induction and I’m not sure. While it heats up quickly and has good temp control, the rings are too small for some of my pans (all are induction friendly) Even a standard 22cm pan is too big- only the very centre of the pan gets hot so I’m constantly having… Read more
to move things around and spin them 180 degrees to get them evenly cooked. There is no direct heat hitting the outer parts of the pan. I did use my big oval Le Creuset to make a soup and it was good for that as there was no burning or sticking to the bottom, but only really the centre circle of the pan got hot while I was browning onions which meant constant stirring. And I really dislike having to turn the whole thing off to turn off just one side. That really needs to be fixed on the next model. How hard is it to have a setting to turn off one side? It is easy to clean and I can even use my smallest tiny milk pan on it so haven’t had small size issues.
Ok cooktop, flawed design – [updated review: having tried an Ikea induction cooktop, I'm downgrading this to 2 stars; see below] First up - this is an INDUCTION cooktop. This is literally in the _product name_. It needs compatible cookware. Your pots and pans MUST have the induction logo (looks like coils or a spring). I've been using this induction cooktop in a "holiday… Read more
house" for nearly two years. It's performed well over that time. The cooker does not need to have food in the pan to work; it'll heat up an induction-compatible frypan for searing just fine.
As with all less-expensive induction cooktops, it manages lower heat levels by cycling on and off to maintain a simmer/etc. The Westinghouse has a too-long cycle time, which means that the pot will often boil up before receding again - it would be far better if it had a more frequent cycle time to not allow this boil/cool thing to happen as much. [UPDATE: the Ikea portable cooktop is sooooo much better in this regard. See the YT video. Indeed, the only reason you would even consider the Westinghouse is if you _needed_ two elements]
The cooktop failed just recently - well, started sparking when I plugged it in! I opened it up and found that two of the PCB tracks were too close together and had started arcing between them. This is just bad design. I've been able to repair the current fault, but I suspect it will recur as the offending tracks are close together at many other points as well.
Pity, as apart from that it works ok, and is otherwise well designed and assembled.
Do not buy this, worst product ever – I am so infuriated with the product, I has induction base utilities and everytime it shows E0 and error code for small size pot. I was forced to buy westinghouse utensils for another 250$ and hell the smallest pot shows E0. If you can't create a quality product please stop selling it. Stop cheating customers. I insist everyone to please do not buy this product. Show details
Need to use 'induction suitable' cookware – At first use, the screen on my induction cooktop showed ’EO’ error (EO = 'pot is too small'). There was no improvement with use of larger pot OR when I added food to the pot first. After much chasing, the advice was that I was not using induction suitable cookware. Apparently, if a magnet sticks to the base of a pan, it is induction capable. No mention of this in the manual. Show details
garbage product – i own two breville single induction cooktops and use them for my main cooking at home and have used them flawlessly for over a year every day 2-3 times a day. i purchased this westinghouse for my camper being dual cooktop. should have stuck with proven breville! This cooktop will overheat and turn off 1 minute into heating an empty fryan. it will… Read more
only work if there is food in the pan which makes it useless for searing and you cant make toast in it like my breville which i intended in my camper. you cant heat pan and fry mince so instead you end up semi boiling it as the mince needs to be i the cold pan from the start. it also will not work with small pots as it just throws an error code saying nothing is on the stove. my breville will work with even small stainless cups. useless cooktop. bad product. Avoid!
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